I bought this capo to use on my western guitar, because my regular capo (which i use on my classic guitar) wasn't strong enough. This capo did it's job perfectly. It's defenitely strong enough and it's not too short for my guitar. The only thing I don't really like is that it doesn't come of smoothly if you left it on the guitar for a while, but this isn't a deal breaker for me. The capo feels very strong and firm. Over all, nice capo, especially for this price.